Here we go. It’s time to get this Ultimate Bad Guy competition started. We’ve had a few weeks now of nominations and narrowing down contestants to a final, select group of 32 of the most ruthless, evil guys out there.

Each of the first four days this week will feature the opening games for each of our brackets. You can view the entire tournament layout right here. We also have a central page for this contest, so you can quickly find links to our voting posts.

Without further blabbing, let’s get to today’s battles.

#1 Darth Vader versus #8 John Doe

One of the most evil villains of all time in Darth Vader squares off in an interesting match up with the serial killer from the movie Se7en. The matchup seems almost unfair, but the cunning of a maticulous murderer can never be counted out.

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#3 Q versus #6 HAL 9000

An even more peculiar matchup. Q from the Continuum in Star Trek: The Next Generation versus the computer core from the spaceship in 2001: A Space Odyssey. I’m not sure how Q can lose this fight, but perhaps HAL’s calming, evil voice could persuade Q into doing something stupid?

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#2 The Alien versus #7 Sylar

The Alien from the movie of the same name, against the evil superhero from the TV series Heroes. On first glance, the seedings of these two may look wrong, but no one was about to disrespect The Alien and put him any lower than #2. Sylar is full of evil powers, but The Alien has proved himself to be a cunning warrior.

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#4 Predator versus #5 Khan

We’ve got a fourth wacky matchup to get this thing started. The Predator versus Khan from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. While a great bad guy in one of the best Trek movies ever was strong and intelligent, his opponent, The Predator, is equally as fierce.

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Good luck combatants! May the worst man (creature) win!